From the November 12, 2012, WGRZ by Richard Kellman.
**** The war resulted in 20,000 deaths, 15,000 of them from disease.
**** Canadian hero Sir Isaac Brock (the Brock in my Brock-Perry signoff) died early in the war at the Battle of Queenstown Heights. He had a reputation for bravery and impulsiveness and thought his posting to Canada had him in a "backwater."
**** The U.S. commander at Buffalo, General Alexander Smyth, was untrained, inept and so hated by his men, some took potshots at him.
**** Peter Porter of Black Rock and Niagara Falls was a wealthy businessmen, officer and Congressman where he was a major War Hawk (those who wanted war) and demanded the annexation of Canada. He fought a duel with General Smyth on Grand Island over an insult. Both men missed.
He became Secretary of War under President John Quincy Adams in 1828. Smyth left the war early and returned to his native Virginia.
Just Some Stuff. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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